Improvement in soda-fountains



UNITED STATES PATENT OEErcE.

WILLIAM COUGHLAN, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN SODA-FOUNTAINS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent NoA 58,608., dated October9, 1866;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM COUGIILAN, of Baltimore, in the county ofBaltimore and State of Maryland, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Soda-Water Fountains; and 'I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,suicient to enable one skilled in the. art to which the inventionappertains to make use of it, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which myinvention is represented by a central vertical section.

This invention is an improvement on my soda water fountain patentedOctober 25, 1853, in respect of the mode of gaging the amount ot'aerated water admitted into the fountain in charging it by means ofplacing the blow-oft' cock` at that level; and, secondly, an arrangementby which the fountain can be used in a vertical or inverted position.

In the drawings, A is the fountain; B C, the ears or studs on the sides,by which it is suspended from the bail I). F is a collar on the upperpart of the fountain, into which screws the lower end of the faucet E,to whose upper end is attached the pipe from the machine where the wateris charged with carbonio-acid gas. i

rI'he faucet E heilig opened, and the pipe from the machine beingattached, water impregnated with gas is admitted to the fountain, theair contained therein escaping, with some gas, through the opening J Jin the stud O, the screw-valve I being unclosed for that purpose. Whentheliquid contents arrive at the level of the opening J, it is indicatedby the escape of water at that point, and, the valve I being closed, afurther quantity of carbonicacid gas is introduced above the water, whenthe fountain is sufficient-ly charged, the spigot Gr closed, the pipedetached from the faucet E, and the fountain is ready for transportationto the place where it is to be used.

The tube His screwed into the lower end of the faucet E when thefountain is to be used in the vertical position shown in the figure, sothat the pressure of the air will force the Water from nearthe bottom.Vaterreaehes the level of the lower end ofthe tube.

, Where the fountain is expected to remain charged a considerable lengthof time, with only occasional use, it may be inverted and the tubedispensed with, the contents being drawn through the faucet E, the waterbeing againstthat end and the gas occupying the upper position againstwhat was formerly the bottom of the fountain.

In use the connection of the pipe through which the soda is drawn ismade to the outer end of the faucet E.

Having described my invention, what I claim therein as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The valve I and opening J in the stud C at the side of the fountain,at or near the desired level, to act as a gage and also as a blowoft'opening for the discharge of the air from the fountain, substantially asdescribed.

2. The auxiliary tube H, attachable or detachable from the faucet, topermit the fountain to be used in the upright or inverted position,substantially as described.

To the above specification of my improved soda-water fountain I havesigned my hand this 14th of August, 1856.

INM. COUGHLAN.

AWitnesses:

J No. WIcKER-SHAM, EDWARD H. KNIGHT.

